Antenna transfer assembly with jam preventing inserts
First Claim
1. In combination with an assembly having a passage formed therein between internal surfaces, a flexible antenna cable deployed or retrieved under selective drive control and a plurality of cable pulleys spaced from each other within said passage through which said drive control is exercised on the cable;
- the improvement residing in means for preventing jamming of the cable by buckling thereof between the pulleys, comprising;
a plurality of solid inserts floatingly disposed within said passage respectively in aligned relation to the pulleys to substantially fill the passage not occupied by the pulleys;
said inserts being shaped in relation to the internal surfaces and the pulleys to block said buckling of the cable.
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Abstract
A flexible antenna cable is deployed or retrieved by movement along a helical path through an enclosure passage formed between internal surfaces of an assembly within which a plurality of cable pulleys are disposed in contact with the cable for exercising drive control over cable movement. A plurality of solid inserts shaped to occupy spaces between the pulleys within the helical passage, preclude buckling of the antenna cable during deployment and thereby prevent jamming.
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1. In combination with an assembly having a passage formed therein between internal surfaces, a flexible antenna cable deployed or retrieved under selective drive control and a plurality of cable pulleys spaced from each other within said passage through which said drive control is exercised on the cable;
- the improvement residing in means for preventing jamming of the cable by buckling thereof between the pulleys, comprising;
a plurality of solid inserts floatingly disposed within said passage respectively in aligned relation to the pulleys to substantially fill the passage not occupied by the pulleys;
said inserts being shaped in relation to the internal surfaces and the pulleys to block said buckling of the cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- the improvement residing in means for preventing jamming of the cable by buckling thereof between the pulleys, comprising;
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